The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-07

there were recorded in the Office of the
Secretary of the State 14,06T marriages,
10 405 births and 6,055 deaths. During the
ye4r ended December 81 1885, there were
Ii 436 marriages, 1897 births and S,S76
deaths.
Wisconsin, Items.
The following are the M.lwa,.See grain
quotations: Wheat-No. 2, 7czs@7o14c
Corn-No. 2 363493714c. Oats-N 2, 26c.
Rye-No l, SOC. Barley-No. 2, 5l1sc.
The sheriff at Milwaukee few nights
ago seizel the stocks of L. Harris & Son,
dry goods, aud Joseph Rosenfeld, shoe
dealer, The claims against the former
were $4,000, and against Resented $l7, 900.
AT mily Christmas tree at the resi-.
dence of Isaiah Johnson, of Monroe, Green
County, his daughter Lucy, aged ayout fif-
teen years, was severely burned alb ut the
arms ana face by wax taper falling on
her dress. She was dressed i'll a fleecy
cotton costume to represent Santa Claus,
and was IL the act of Illuminating the tree
when the accident occurred. The flesh was
entirely burned off her arms and one side
of her face was badly biistered.
Peter Behan agel about sixty years, and
one of the ollest pioneers of tn, Chippewa
the home of his brother, whittier he had
gone for his health.
The population of the once thriving t)wn
Of Whitefish Bay, Door County, is now re-
duced to three families.
The State Horticultural Society publ sh-
ss the following list of seven varieties of
apples best adapted TO Wisconsin-hard i-
ness, productiveness and quality b,ing
taken into consideration: Oldenburg,
Wealthy, Fameuse, Tallman Sweet, Wolf
River, McMahon's White Yellow Trans
parent. For special localities only, the fol-
lowing are added: Tetofsky, Red Astra-
chan St. Lawrence, Fail Orange, Alexan-
der, Westtield Seeknofurther, Golden Rus
sett, Willow Twig, Walbridge, Plumb's
Cider and Pewaukee.
Albert Gerlach, nineteen years old,
farmers boy, was sentenced to Waupln
prison the other day for four years for
forging his brothers. ii cks for amounts
aggregating 5000. The boy is uneducated,
but executed the checks so deity that they
were easily passed at the bank.
An old woman was recently pursued by
wolves in the woods near Merrill. Lincoln
County, and barely escaped with her life.
Minnesota farmers have built hay road
on the ice across the Mississippi at La
Crosse to facilitate the convenience Of
using La Crosse as trading post.
Claud Griffin was arrested at La Crosse
a few days ago charged with robbing E.
Wise, of Victory, OF SOD. Griffin was sail
to have lain in wait for his victim, striking
him on the head several times with club.
Wise would probably die.
Margaret I. Ivers, known as Mother
Mary Of st. Bernard one of four sisters
of the Good Shepherd, who went to Mil
waulEca nine years ago and established a
reformatory fo, waywarl girls, died the
other evening, aged forty-sevcn years. She
was originally from ST. PM and later
from st. Louis.
A hog killed few days ago at Kinnickin-
mic, Milwaukee County, had two Well-de-
veloped hoofs on one foJ-.
The Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western
railways gross earnings for the third week
in December were $3i, $50, gain Of $40, 795
over the corresponding week Of last year.
An organization to be known as the As
sessment Associat on Union Of Wisconsin
was formed at Iii W Iukee a few days ago,
and elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, J. w. O5trander Of jefferson; Vice
President, John Bently. of Milwaukee;
Secretary and Treasurer, Newton Briggs,
Of Madison Among the purposes to be ac-
compli he'd is the securing of favorable
leg Station, raising the stan lard of physical
quail ficat.on and protection against frauds.
Chicken thieves are sad to be numerous
and active at Elgerton, Rock County.
Iron Center is new town near Potato
river, A 5hl n County.
e -
cord, Jefferson County, recent y let fer
parts unknown, leaving innumerable anx-
ious ere Iitors. The amount lost by bust
ness firms and private citizens exceeded
$!,5 0, AMI w ltertow !, twelve miles away,
sw9lled the amount another $1,000, part Of
viii h, it was alleged. was ootalned on
forget collateral securities.
In the Tremp eau County circuit court
jury recently returned verdict for $1,000
il fav r Of the paint fl in libel action
brought by w. P. Massacre against R. L.
Dickens, both parties residing at Arcadia.
The plan for the new water-power canal
at Kaukauna has ben adopieI. 1t will
furn. 5h nineteen new factory ssses.
J.. Harris & Sons, propr etor5 of " The
Fair" at Milwaukee, made an assignment
the other mornin ;. L aoil ties, $40, %.
A Boston missionary is maxim the rounds
of the loggi amps near Spencer, NJ sra-
thon County, holding meetings every night.
Carl Mussfeldt, one of the recently con-
victe1 Milwaukee rioters. whose sentence
was suspended on condition Of good be-
hav. or, was sent to the House Of Correc-
ton the other day for four months because
of his violence toward his family and 9TH
ers.
j. E. Seabold, the leading merchant in
Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, for
twenty years past, died few days ago at
the age of fifty-one years. He was highly
respected by the community, and was re-
peatediy honored with pos ons of public
trust. He was postmaster for number Of
years, and served his district in the As
sembly in 1881.
The Milwaukee City Council at a recent
meeting voted 5,00J for manual training in
the high school.
Postmaster John A. Spaulding, of Milton,
Rock County, a man Of much influence,
was found insensiole on the floor in his
room the other morning. He was suffer-
ing from apoplexy and died almost immedi.
ately.
B. 81. Powers, treasurer Of Adams Coun-
ty, dled at his home in Friendship few
days ago, after having been confined to his
house for nearly two years.
The Dun Mercantile Agency reports that
during the year 1886 there were forty-one
failures in Milwaukee. Tne aggregate as
sets were 1891, $3.50, and the liabilities
s622, fills.